justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
heres a dual shock unit..http://www.ebay.com/itm/HUSQVARNA-W...7b7117e&pid=100034&rk=3&rkt=8&sd=291280473493
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
New Project - 1986 WR400
- Thread starter MotoFo
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dukkman
Husqvarna
AA Class
Guy on another forum was a tyre maker and said he could use majic stuff [ sticking bits on sand tyres apparently ] to fix these. Never got my manifold back.Here is a pic of mine. I'd say this is the giant rubber manifold. If you have a photo of the metal/spigot mount, please post.
84scrambler
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Hva factory, makes these also and come with v force reeds too.
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
those do look sweet..just depends on how much you want to invest!
MotoFo
Husqvarna
AA Class
When I bought the bike, the owner passed on the notebook and receipts from the original owner. The guy I bought it from did not keep any additional records. Some interesting stuff to share:
The bike was purchased on 1/7/86 for $3380.15 OTD. The receipt does not say where the bike was purchased though I am pretty sure it was a SF/Bay Area dealer, possible South City Cycles as that is where the majority of service was done. The owner, Mr. C., lived in Cupertino, CA.
4/86 – He had the forks “reworked”. The note at bottom of receipt says “Forks do not completely rebound because stock springs have sagged”. Not sure what they did (spacer?). Fork oil 10W – 8” from the top.
He also had the carb re-jetted. Q-8 needle jet, 6DH2 needle, 45 pilot, and a 420 main. (The 45 pilot and 420 main are still in there. I didn’t see a number on the needle jet and haven’t checked the needle yet). I believe stock is: Q-6 needle jet, 6DH3 needle, 35 pilot, and a 400 main. (Can anybody verify this?)
He also purchased a Hi-Flite seat foam and cover (still on the bike).
9/86 – He had, what he called, the ’87 fork kit installed. The receipt shows $23.95 for a ‘factory fork kit’. I’m not sure what exactly was done.
10/86 – 425cc of 5W fork oil
12/86 – New ring installed. 1st over, stoned to .010 ‘+’. (losing me at the stoned part)
3/87 – Replaced fork oil – 5W
5/87 – Corroded side cover replaced by Husky. Another note says ‘aluminum side case’
6/87 – 350cc 10W in forks
11/87 – 375cc 10W in forks (including 70cc 5W)
3/88 – Bike was sold for $1800
Mr. C. noted every ride he did. The last entry is total hours at 124 ½.
It seems his biggest issue was the front forks as over the time he owned it the same amount/weight of fork oil twice.
I thought it was pretty cool that this information survived for 30 years.
The bike was purchased on 1/7/86 for $3380.15 OTD. The receipt does not say where the bike was purchased though I am pretty sure it was a SF/Bay Area dealer, possible South City Cycles as that is where the majority of service was done. The owner, Mr. C., lived in Cupertino, CA.
4/86 – He had the forks “reworked”. The note at bottom of receipt says “Forks do not completely rebound because stock springs have sagged”. Not sure what they did (spacer?). Fork oil 10W – 8” from the top.
He also had the carb re-jetted. Q-8 needle jet, 6DH2 needle, 45 pilot, and a 420 main. (The 45 pilot and 420 main are still in there. I didn’t see a number on the needle jet and haven’t checked the needle yet). I believe stock is: Q-6 needle jet, 6DH3 needle, 35 pilot, and a 400 main. (Can anybody verify this?)
He also purchased a Hi-Flite seat foam and cover (still on the bike).
9/86 – He had, what he called, the ’87 fork kit installed. The receipt shows $23.95 for a ‘factory fork kit’. I’m not sure what exactly was done.
10/86 – 425cc of 5W fork oil
12/86 – New ring installed. 1st over, stoned to .010 ‘+’. (losing me at the stoned part)
3/87 – Replaced fork oil – 5W
5/87 – Corroded side cover replaced by Husky. Another note says ‘aluminum side case’
6/87 – 350cc 10W in forks
11/87 – 375cc 10W in forks (including 70cc 5W)
3/88 – Bike was sold for $1800
Mr. C. noted every ride he did. The last entry is total hours at 124 ½.
It seems his biggest issue was the front forks as over the time he owned it the same amount/weight of fork oil twice.
I thought it was pretty cool that this information survived for 30 years.
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
nice records to have..
when it says "stoned" they mean it was ground to the next oversize. i have had good performance for myself running synthetic atf in the forks about 480-500cc.
when it says "stoned" they mean it was ground to the next oversize. i have had good performance for myself running synthetic atf in the forks about 480-500cc.
oldbikedude
Husqvarna
Pro Class
It's awesome to have that history of the bike. I've changed the oil in my forks so many times with varying weight & amounts of oil that I'm sure I've had it close to perfect & lost it a few times.
2premo
Husqvarna
Pro Class
justintendo
klotz super techniplate junkie
a little, just have to be on the ball or talk a fellow husky junky into sharing their hoard, lol
steadydirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
recalled you should check to see if the bushings in the rear of the cases where the swingarm bolt passes through; more loctite.
steadydirt
Husqvarna
AA Class
And; put new rings in the forks; or get the forks freshened- when they wear and get loose it is scary. I ended up with kx 125 forks on my 400- worked very well
MotoFo
Husqvarna
AA Class
What year KX125 forks did you go with?
Darrel78
Husqvarna
AA Class
I used '99 KX250 forks on my '87 WR430.
MotoFo
Husqvarna
AA Class
I got the bike fired-up today and there is nothing like the satisfied feeling when hearing it run for the first time. It sounded pretty good – although a bit louder than I had hoped. A muffler repack will be in order. A couple of other questions…
What is the recommended brake fluid for the front? I would imagine 4.0 but I’d like to be sure. I’ve already been miffed by the floating front brake.
As I mentioned previously, I would like to get a street plate for this bike. It turns out that the ignition is a Motoplat (after reading some other posts I thought I would find a SEM ignition but this is not the case – is the Motoplat stock or a replacement?). I called up Baja Designs and they said their kits are made to order. They just need to know the specs on the ignition. I’ve looked around and haven’t found a resource for specs on the ignition. I’m hoping someone out there might have some information on this or how to obtain. I’m fortunate because the bike is not in the DMV system so no back fees and I just need to have the bike verified to get it registered. If I bring the bike with the DS kit on it I should be able to register it as a street bike. Fingers crossed.
What is the recommended brake fluid for the front? I would imagine 4.0 but I’d like to be sure. I’ve already been miffed by the floating front brake.
As I mentioned previously, I would like to get a street plate for this bike. It turns out that the ignition is a Motoplat (after reading some other posts I thought I would find a SEM ignition but this is not the case – is the Motoplat stock or a replacement?). I called up Baja Designs and they said their kits are made to order. They just need to know the specs on the ignition. I’ve looked around and haven’t found a resource for specs on the ignition. I’m hoping someone out there might have some information on this or how to obtain. I’m fortunate because the bike is not in the DMV system so no back fees and I just need to have the bike verified to get it registered. If I bring the bike with the DS kit on it I should be able to register it as a street bike. Fingers crossed.
Eric The Leg
Husqvarna
AA Class
Good work getting it fired up! On my current project the first time I fired it I had everything, including the expansion chamber off. Loud was an understatement!
I found a thread here that may be helpful:
http://forum.ozvmx.com/index.php?topic=24219.0
Although I have yet to go there... Up here in Washington, to get off-road bikes titled as street legal, it is required to have a battery that can run the lights. My thought for when i get that point is to use a solid state relay as an on/off switch (triggered by my lighting circuit) for the battery to power everything. I didn't find a clear answer on the specs for the motoplat, but I can tell you that before the motoplat on my '86 died, the amount of light that would come out of the headlight/taillight varied greatly based on the engine RPM. Doing some searching, I did find it listed at 6 volts, with varying wattages based on the number/color of the leads.
Darrel78
Husqvarna
AA Class
I suggest that you check out Powerdynamo for your ignition/lighting needs. Go to their website and have a look. I just installed their a/c system on my 430; took about an hour. Easy starter/ lights bright with a halogen h4 bulb up front. I'm dual sporting my bike with antique plates!
http://www.powerdynamo.biz/eng/sitemap.htm
Click on the British flag for English. They have both a/c and d/c kits. I suggest the a/c kit if you can get by without a battery. Just remember that you will want an a/c horn (typically from a moped). My a/c kit, with flywheel puller was $313 all up shipped from Germany to the US.
http://www.powerdynamo.biz/eng/sitemap.htm
Click on the British flag for English. They have both a/c and d/c kits. I suggest the a/c kit if you can get by without a battery. Just remember that you will want an a/c horn (typically from a moped). My a/c kit, with flywheel puller was $313 all up shipped from Germany to the US.
Eric The Leg
Husqvarna
AA Class
Sounds like their prices are coming down!
I paid over $500 a few years back (went through Penton USA).
The 30+ year old Motoplat ignitions failing (as in my '86) is not all-together uncommon. If you're going to spec your electronics to an ignition, one that's modern and somewhat easily replaced is a good way to go! That's also part of my thought on the relay method (for my '85 which still has a motoplat, small clarification), If/when the Motoplat goes, I don't have to redo the whole system to match a new ignition. Granted, if you're not required to have a battery that can handle the lights (like we are in Washington), then power straight from your stator saves a bit of headache.